Improvement in toy buzzes



J. LAUTH. Toy-Buzzes.

No. 197,479. Patented Nav. 27, 1877.

INVENTOR N PETERS, PHOT0-UTHUGHAPHEE WASHINQTON. D` CV UNITED STATESPATENT OEEIoE.

JACOB LAUTH, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

IMPROVEMENT IN ToY BuzzEs.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 197,479, dated November27, 1877 application led April 3, 1877.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JACOB LAUTH, of Chicago, in the county of Cook andState of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inBuzzing Toys, of which improvements the following is a full, clear, andexact description, such as will enable others skilled in the art towhich my invention appertains to make and use the said improvements,reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming-a part hereof,and in which- Figure 1 is a perspective view of a toy embodying myinvention 5 Fig. 2, a section in a plane passing vertically through thelongitudinal center of the band forming-the periphery ofthe disk; andFig. 3, avertical central cross-section in the plane of the line a: x ofFig. 2.

In the drawing, A represents a hollow disk, and B is a double or foldedcord, passing through holes made near the central part of the disk, onestrand passing through each hole, or oppositely-arranged holes, asshown.

I make the disk A of the annular band C, capped on each edge by theconcavo-convex disks D D. A i

a is a slot in the periphery of the disk A, and a' is a cross-bar,extending laterally across this slot. There may be one or more slots, aa, f each crossed by a bar, a.

By rotating the disk A, so as to twist the strands of cord together, asrepresented, a'

contrary rotation may be produced by tightening the cord or strands, andthe momentum of the disk will be sufficient to rewind the cord. In thismanner the disk A may be rotated rapidly in different directionsalternately as long,` as may be desired, and the rotation will produce aloud buzzing noise.'

The device makes a harmless toy, which affords much amusement tochildren.

I am aware that devices of this class, consisting of solid disks, withteeth on the periphery, and others without teeth, have heretofore beenmade.

I 'am also aware of the construction shown and described in the patentsto W. D. Porter, No. 70,610, November 5, 1867, and to C. Page,

No. 61,857, February 5, 1867, respectively,

and I do not, therefore, here intend to claim such; but

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is

A buzz-toy consisting of the hollow disk A, having therein holes toreceive the cord B, and made ofthe annular band C, having therein one ormore slots, a a, crossed by the bars a a', and the said band beingcapped by the concavo-convex disks D D, all substantially as and for thepurposes specified.

JACOB LAUTH.

Witnesses:

F. F. WARNER, FRANK J. SMITH.

